Morning Shift:Food options, Week In Review and Wacky Mash Ups

The TGIF edition of The Morning Shift has us talking about the lack of food and restaurant options on the South and West sides, plus we dissect some of the big news stories of the last 7 days on our Week In Review, and we close up Mash up week with Abraham Levitan.

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Pensions

Illinois House Republican Leader Tom Cross pension reform plan passed the Illinois House Thursday, with a little extra help from Speaker Mike Madigan. Cross explains what we can expect as the Bill heads to the Senate.

Restaurant options in all Chicago neighborhoodsCulver’s restaurant franchisees are suing the company for what they claim are racist motivations for not opening Culver’s on Chicago’s South Side. South and West Siders: What dining options do you think are missing?

Calling all Chicago Restaurant Owners - Please Help the South Side!It's a Saturday night on the south side of Chicago, somewhere in the Evergreen Park, Beverly, Morgan Park, Mount Greenwood neighborhoods....

South Side food tour"Secretly, I consider myself a chef and a food person before an artist," Eric May confesses. With his ongoing food trailer/art project E-...

Data Journalism

A new app scans Twitter for tweets related to food poisoning in Chicago. Are there certain restaurants you avoid?

Foodborne Chicago - About the Project and ContributorsAbout This is a project of the Smart Chicago Collaborative, a civic organization devoted to improving lives in Chicago through technology...

Behind the Scenes: Foodborne ChicagoEarlier this month the , and the Smart Chicago Collaborative, in partnership with local developers Cory Nissen, Joe Olson, and Scott Robb...

Food Safety during Power OutagesUSFoodandDrugAdmin

Week In Review

Consultant, political pundit and former journalist Marj Halperin joins PR & communications expert and former journalist Michelle D'amico to knock around some of the most interesting news stories of the week.